PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
ACTS
ACT NO. 2812 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT
THE CUTTING OR UTILIZATION OF FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES IN THE PUBLIC OR
COMMUNAL FORESTS WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT BY THE BUREAU OF FORESTRY
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Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, not in
possession of a special permit by the Bureau of Forestry, to cut in the
public or communal forests, for use as lumber of firewood, any of the
following trees ad bushes: Syzgium spp.: Tampui, Makopa, Yambu, etc.; Euphoria didyma and E. Rranciles: Alupag, Boboa; Garcinia spp.: Pili; Diplodiscus paniculatus: Balobo; Mangifera caesia: Baluno; Artocarpus elastica: Bunnihao Artocarpus odoratissima: Marang; Lansium domesticum: Lansones; Diospyros discolor: Mabolo or Camagon; Litchi Philippinensis: Alupag-amo; Mangifera altisima: Paho or pahutan; Psidium guajava: Guayabas, Guaba or Bayabas; Durio Zibethinus: Durian or Dulain and others the fruits of which can be used as food for human beings. Sec. 2. Any violation of this Act shall be punished for the first offense, a fine double the amount of the charges and penalties on the wood of other forestry products unlawfully cut or removed and for each subsequent offense by such fine and by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval. APPROVED, March, 1919. |
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